New Gold Dream (81,82,83,84) / Take Me To The River / Light My Fire [Live] (12:32)

Don’t You (Forget About Me) [Live Aid Rehearsal] (7:25)

CD Three:

Waterfront [Live] (10:48)

Ghostdancing [Live] (7:57)

Book Of Brilliant Things [Live] (7:27)

Once Upon A Time [Live] (8:07)

All The Things She Said [Live] (5:46)

Alive And Kicking [Live] (7:39)

Sanctify Yourself [Live] (5:56)

Mandela Day [Live] (5:10)

Real Life [Live] (5:05)

See The Lights [Live] (4:52)

CD Four:

Travelling Man [Live] (5:13)

East At Easter [Live] (4:22)

Banging On The Door [Live] (5:38)

Stand By Love [Live] (4:35)

Oh Jungleland [Live] (7:00)

King Is White And In The Crowd [Live] (4:20)

Big Sleep [Live] (5:18)

Let There Be Love [Live] (5:42)

Ghostrider [Live] (4:03)

Belfast Child [Live] (9:02)

She’s A River [Live] (4:40)

Up On The Catwalk [Live] (4:40)

Hypnotised [Live] (6:43)

CD Five:

Swimming Towards The Sun (4:32)

Jeweller To The Stars (3:27)

Space (4:15)

Death By Chocolate (3:35)

Waiting For The End Of The World (3:25)

Neon Cowboys (3:51)

She Knows (4:07)

Hello (3:23)

Happy Is The Man (4:23)

Sleeping (4:30)

Background Information

“Silver Box” was a 5-disc set made up of unreleased demos, radio and television sessions and various live recordings on the first four discs. The collection covered the years from 1979 to 1995. As a final bonus disc, it also includes Our Secrets Are the Same, Simple Minds’ twelfth studio album. Promotional copies of the set were sent out in August of 2004, but the main box would be released October 18, 2004 in the UK.

Included in among the live material on the second CD is a 12:33 version of “New Gold Dream (81, 82, 83, 84)” which was recorded live in Glasgow, Scotland at the Barrowlands Ballroom on January 5, 1985. At that performance, Bono had joined Simple Minds on stage for the song, and can be heard on this track. While singing “New Gold Dream” the band would also include pieces of “Take me to the River” and “Light My Fire” stretching the entire performance out to over 12 minutes in length.

There were reports of some quality issues with the box sets, especially reports of loose discs, and pages in booklets being published upside down. Bono only appears on the one song on the box set.